In 2019, 400 years after the first slave ship arrived in the English colony of Virginia, the New York Times featured a series of articles on the ways in which the legacy of slavery has shaped American ...

One Virginia family has traced its lineage back to 1619. The Tuckers are believed to be America’s first African family.

Out of a violent storm appears a Dutch ship ... status of these first Africans to arrive at Jamestown, it is clear that by 1640, at least one African had been declared a slave.

But tragedy struck around 1619 when they were “kidnapped and ... “We were [essentially] on the first slave ship to come to America.” Heartwarmingly enough, despite starting off with trials ...

1619: A Dutch ship brings the first permanent African settlers to Jamestown. Africans soon are put to work on tobacco plantations. 1663: A Virginia court decides that a child born to a slave ...